Sibanye Stillwater (SBSW) Competitors

AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE:AU) and Sibanye Stillwater (NYSE:SBSW) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment and profitability.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of AU or SBSW?

36.1% of AngloGold Ashanti shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.9% of Sibanye Stillwater shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Sibanye Stillwater shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor AU or SBSW?

In the previous week, AngloGold Ashanti had 4 more articles in the media than Sibanye Stillwater. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for AngloGold Ashanti and 3 mentions for Sibanye Stillwater. Sibanye Stillwater's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat AngloGold Ashanti's score of 0.65 indicating that Sibanye Stillwater is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
AngloGold Ashanti	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Sibanye Stillwater	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is AU or SBSW a better dividend stock?

AngloGold Ashanti pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Sibanye Stillwater pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. AngloGold Ashanti pays out 13.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sibanye Stillwater pays out 12.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Sibanye Stillwater is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more volatility and risk, AU or SBSW?

AngloGold Ashanti has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sibanye Stillwater has a beta of 1.55, indicating that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, AU or SBSW?

AngloGold Ashanti has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Sibanye Stillwater. Sibanye Stillwater is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AngloGold Ashanti, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
AngloGold Ashanti	$5.30B	1.89	-$235M	$3.20	7.47
Sibanye Stillwater	$108.32B	0.02	-$2.05B	$0.62	5.82

Is AU or SBSW more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AngloGold Ashanti	N/A	N/A	N/A
Sibanye Stillwater	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts recommend AU or SBSW?

AngloGold Ashanti presently has a consensus target price of $31.75, indicating a potential upside of 32.85%. Sibanye Stillwater has a consensus target price of $4.98, indicating a potential upside of 37.81%. Given Sibanye Stillwater's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Sibanye Stillwater is more favorable than AngloGold Ashanti.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AngloGold Ashanti	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Sibanye Stillwater	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.86

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AU or SBSW?

AngloGold Ashanti received 416 more outperform votes than Sibanye Stillwater when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.49% of users gave AngloGold Ashanti an outperform vote while only 47.14% of users gave Sibanye Stillwater an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AngloGold Ashanti	Outperform Votes 449 57.49%	Underperform Votes 332 42.51%
Sibanye Stillwater	Outperform Votes 33 47.14%	Underperform Votes 37 52.86%

Summary

AngloGold Ashanti beats Sibanye Stillwater on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.